Film Related Top 10 Lists!

A series of top 10 lists related to the films I've seen and how I've rated them. Now including a series of Top 5 lists related to the TV Shows I've seen and how I've rated them. Feel free to request a specific list! The more obscure, the better. Disclaimer: This blog is 99% opinion!

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Top Ten Films from 2015 (August 20th, 2015):

Mad Max: Fury Road

Inside Out

Shaun the Sheep Movie

Ex Machina

Ant-Man

Straight Outta Compton

Cinderella

Avengers: Age of Ultron

7 Days in Hell

Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation

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I’m so sorry about how little presence I’ve had lately! Work is incredibly heavy right now. It’s tough to watch a short film a day, even. I’m doing everything I can to keep up. But my tv shows are suffering the most. I haven’t finished everything from last week. I’m going to post the top 5 airing seasons lists as soon as I can. Hopefully, I can gain some ground. 

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I took a trip to the theater today and saw Jurassic World, Straight Outta Compton, and Ant-Man! I saw them in that order and for me, that’s the same order as I would rank them worst to best. World was above average, but the more I dwell on it, the less my opinion becomes. The nostalgia of it was tough to beat, though. Compton was great, but I thought it kind of lost its way toward the end. The plot frayed a lot and didn’t seem to know where it wanted to resolve. But the story was powerful and incredibly relevant to today. And Ant-Man was just funny and cool. It managed to be a story about saving the world that not only didn’t need any of the Avengers, but actually rejected the inclusion of them (and even stole from them). Rudd was great and Lilly complemented him very well. 

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Top Five Voice Actors in Multiple Roles (August 10th, 2015):

Hiroaki Hirata: 111.33 Score

Kappei Yamaguchi: 109.79 Score

Akemi Okamura: 106.11 Score

Ikue Otani: 97.13 Score

Eri Kitamura: 94.41 Score

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Top Five Airing Seasons (August 9th, 2015):

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Season Two

(=) 17th Week // 88.87 AER

Rokka no Yuusha: Season One

(=) 2nd Week // 85.33 AER

UnReal: Season One

(+2) 7th Week // 82.70 AER

Akagami no Shirayuki-hime: Season One

(=) 2nd Week // 82.20 AER

Gakkou Gurashi!: Season One

(-2) 5th Week // 82.20 AER

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Top Ten Directors (August 6th, 2015):

Steven Spielberg: 17 Films // 121.88 Score

Christopher Nolan: 10 Films // 121.10 Score

Richard Linklater: 12 Films // 120.42 Score

Joel & Ethan Coen: 13 Films // 115.00 Score

Martin Scorsese: 12 Films // 115.00 Score

Tim Burton: 17 Films // 114.29 Score

Wes Anderson: 8 Films // 114.25 Score

Steven Soderbergh: 16 Films // 113.75 Score

Hayao Miyazaki: 10 Films // 113.00 Score

James Cameron: 5 Films // 109.40 Score

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Top Five Airing Seasons (August 2nd, 2015):

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Season Two

(=) 16th Week // 88.55 AER

Rokka no Yuusha: Season One

(Debut) 1st Week // 84.20 AER

Gakkou Gurashi!: Season One

(+2) 4th Week // 84.00 AER

Akagami no Shirayuki-hime: Season One

(Debut) 1st Week // 83.25 AER

UnReal: Season One

(-3) 6th Week // 82.78 AER

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Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

It’s kind of impossible to review this. Coopenberg’s synopsis in the last episode just proves how absurd this show is. For everything to have happened and occurred in one day, with 30-40 year olds acting like teenagers, and friendship saving the day, is just more than I can handle. It’s very funny, and it gets better the further you get. 

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Top Ten Actors born in August (August 1st, 2015):

Edward Norton // 16 Films/30th Overall/112.88 Score

Kristen Wiig // 21 Films/36th Overall/109.38 Score

Amy Adams // 19 Films/38th Overall/107.68 Score

Jack Black // 27 Films/43rd Overall/107.33 Score

Mark Williams // 10 Films/86th Overall/102.00 Score

Dustin Hoffman // 22 Films/118nd Overall/99.86 Score

Peter O’Toole // 9 Films/123rd Overall/99.56 Score

Zeljko Ivanek // 9 Films/165th Overall/97.89 Score

John Carroll Lynch // 15 Films/172nd Overall/97.73 Score

Rupert Grint // 11 Films/184th Overall/97.36 Score

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Top Ten Films Seen in August 2015

The Missing Scarf

7 Days in Hell

Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation

Unbreakable

Danny Collins

Fifty Percent Grey

Tusk (Short Film)

Fascination

Trick Meter

Motherf*cker

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I’ve been really pressed for time this month, so ~50% of the films I watched were short films without official posters or anything like that. So, I’m just gonna post a list of the films. 

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Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation

I’ve enjoyed all of the M:I movies. Tom Cruise is always fun to watch and the gadgetry and action is great. Ghost Protocol was a very good return to form for the series after two subpar entries. And Rogue Nation is just as good. I still think the original surpasses them both, and that Ghost Protocol/Rogue Nation are wayyyy overrated by critics, but they are good movies and Rebecca Ferguson steals the show in this new film. 

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Top Five Airing Seasons (July 26th, 2015):

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Season Two

(Up 1) 15th Week // 88.43 AER

UnReal: Season One

(Up 3) 5th Week // 83.63 AER

Ore Monogatari!!: Season One

(Up 1) 9th Week // 82.50 AER

Mr. Robot: Season One

(Return) 4th Week // 82.00 AER

Gakkou Gurashi!: Season One

(Down 2) 3rd Week // 82.00 AER

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Next Ten Films (July 25th, 2015):

July 31st, 2015

The End of the Tour

Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation

August 7th, 2015

The Diary of a Teenage Girl

Fantastic Four

The Gift

The Prophet

August 14th, 2015

Straight Outta Compton

August 21st, 2015

Digging for Fire

Grandma

August 28th, 2015

Regression

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5 Flights Up

Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton have wonderful chemistry. It’s a shame the film doesn’t match their effort. It does have some nice moments, though. 

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Unbreakable

I think the first half was very strong. And the moment between Willis and his character’s son at the end was great. But the second half for the most part felt very poorly paced, rushed, and unhinged compared to the stronger first half.

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Top Ten Films from 2015 (July 21st, 2015):

Mad Max: Fury Road

Inside Out

Shaun the Sheep Movie

Ex Machina

Avengers: Ageof Ultron

Cinderella

7 Days in Hell

Kingsman: The Secret Service

Slow West

Furious 7